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[FadeToJade]

damn the tor****es i'm coming down in the next few weeks. i hope my friend generous gent has not fled, haven't heard a report for awhile. hopefully chavez will be involved in his most recent bs with colombia and will ignore his buddy zelaya's aspirations for dictatorship in honduras. hope to see stan too although i know he may be in thailand. if you are there, please report. i will definitely report my trip.

[Riodulce]

It takes some digging and you have to weed out the truth from the BS but links to the best news sources are on twitter. Do a search for #Honduras.

GG is absolutely correct. Telsur and the Chavez / Zeleya people have been working overtime creating false information. For example, a video that was run on Telsur and picked up by the AP appears to be Honduran forces attacking protesters. An analysis of the video as shown on the Youtube link below shows that the whole thing was staged and never happened. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZJMTaupAOE. There are many reports of fabricated or staged activities but this one is fairly well documented.

All of us Expats are praying for Honduras and hoping that the US and the rest of the world figure out what is really going on and leave them alone.

[Generous Gent]

this is definitely news to me. fact of the matter is telesur (venezuelan news) is the agency reporting since the world has no creedence in honduran news providers. how on earth cnn or any other news accept chavez's propaganda is beyond me; i am at a total loss understanding this.

nothing has happened and if it appears to be, it is totally fabricated or theatrics. chavez and zelaya want the world to think all this unrest is going on and that "chavism" is necessary to restore the country.

it is rumored the military is sort of split, and only a rumor.... but what happens if the crook does return to power? people disappear, have strange accidents, or are killed for a cell phone.

the gringo population throughout the coutry are outraged and sending all sorts of messages, emails, snailmail, and calling their state representatives/senators/congressmen protesting what they do not know but prepare to vote on; some resolution which will financially cripple honduras economy. freaking ostriches they are, heads in sand. personally, they likely want another latin america conflict because the cia must be playing twiddy winks at taxpayers expense anyhow.

the alba nations however, don't enjoy this at all; same thing could happen in nicaragua, and unrest in other alba nations as well at the moment. but remember, about 90%+ of this country was in favor of removing the crook, although close to 50% didn't like the way it happened. this is not a country with impeachment, athough they have provisions for removing a tyrant and getting his duff out of town before he is lynched.

honduras should be given the proper credit for standing up and keeping their constitution in effect because this would have turned into another venezuela/cuba in the next four years.

generous gent:

what the hell is going on in honduras? i got a call saying that they're [CodeWord125] women, dragging people from cars and burning them 40 km from comayagua. also, heard that now the armed forces are divided and civil war may be imminent.

[Chocha Monger]

generous gent:

what the hell is going on in honduras? i got a call saying that they're [CodeWord125] women, dragging people from cars and burning them 40 km from comayagua. also, heard that now the armed forces are divided and civil war may be imminent.

[Generous Gent]

Curfew back in effect last night, 12 midnight until 5am. About Midnight (mas o meno), a lot of shots fired in what appeared to be el centro but at night, no vehicles and complete silence.... this could have been anywhere.

But violence is expected; teachers still striking here and there across the country, and rumors of roadblocks and worse continue. Ex Presidente Mel has actually called for his supporters to raise hell.

Heading to SAP in August and want to thank everyone for their updates. Downtown combat zones are enough problems without having to deal with combat zones around the whole country P Chop

[Purple Porkchop]

Heading to SAP in August and want to thank everyone for their updates. Downtown combat zones are enough problems without having to deal with combat zones around the whole country

P Chop

[Generous Gent]

Curfew was lifted Sunday, but could be on again this week. All depends on how these proposed talks/negotiations are supposed to go....Banana republics; go figure.

Heading into San Pedro Sula next week. I checked out the SAP board and did not see any recent posts. Can anyone report on the scene there? Is there a curfew in SAP? I haven't been there in about nine months. I will be in SAP all week so if anyone can offer up any suggestions, I would appreciate it.

[Beemer Z]

Heading into San Pedro Sula next week. I checked out the SAP board and did not see any recent posts. Can anyone report on the scene there? Is there a curfew in SAP? I haven't been there in about nine months. Used to see one of Omar's stars (Lesly) quite frequently. Is Omar still doing taxista? I wouldn't mind taking on some new talent, although Lesly was always fantastic. Great skills, very GFE, stayed the night, price was always right.

I will be in SAP all week so if anyone can offer up any suggestions, I would appreciate it.

[Generous Gent]

CNN becomes frustrating because as you are experiencing, you know what really is happening and they are not exactly being truthful. Perhaps ambiguous at best? Whatever happened to the day of Lois Lane and Brenda Starr reporting it the way it happened???

The rioters are probably being subsidized by Chavez and his minions. The same is happening here in Peru with riots and road blockades. All traced back to Chavez and Evo. I can´t believe the asshole Carl Penhall´s reporting on CNN. Completely biased.

[Generous Gent]

Thanks for that offer....

Hey GG, we aren't that far away here in Rio Dulce and things are cool here. You need to get away for a while to a place with comparable prices, come on over here. We got places for you to hang.

[Member #4351]

The rioters are probably being subsidized by Chavez and his minions. The same is happening here in Peru with riots and road blockades. All traced back to Chavez and Evo. I can´t believe the asshole Carl Penhall´s reporting on CNN. Completely biased.

[Riodulce]

Hey GG, we aren't that far away here in Rio Dulce and things are cool here. You need to get away for a while to a place with comparable prices, come on over here. We got places for you to hang.

[Generous Gent]

No intention of leaving anytime soon... Last night an instant curfew was declared about 5pm that streets had to be empty by 6:40pm. I was already home, but the streets were indeed cleared and a very quiet night. Seems even the roosters were quiet, and I could hear each mango drop like a bomb on rooftops in my neighborhood.

The political situation is definitely becoming worse; fights are breaking out, and the Mel supporters are becoming violent. Maybe less than 10% of the population agrees with this nut, but this is a banana republic and some benefit just like the Iraq war was a golden goose to those associated with the Bush/Cheney machine.

Many expatriots have sent emails to all news agencies describing to the world what CNN and all refuse to accept and report. Mel lied to the world - and it is perfectly clear to me that a politician is a politician and unlike thieves, there is a tradition of honor amongst them.

If Nicaragua does invade, this is going to be really bad. As part of the ALBA, wouldn't you think that they have a 'duty' to restore power to the elected official? Meanwhile, we are all just taking it slow; lets see what happens and surely if a revolution/war does break out, the US will get involved and those of us living here stretching a buck will find ourselves asked to leave for our own protection. But this is pure speculation.....

The horror of it all....paying real money to get laid again!

Generous Gent,

Shots were fired today at the airport with at least one confirmed kill. Sanctions are likely to go into effect soon. How long do you plan to hold out? Do you have a plan to evacuate? There are rumors that Nicaraguan troops are massing on the border. Given the past tensions over the Gulf of Fonseca there is no telling what may happen.

[Chocha Monger]

Generous Gent,

Shots were fired today at the airport with at least one confirmed kill. Sanctions are likely to go into effect soon. How long do you plan to hold out? Do you have a plan to evacuate? There are rumors that Nicaraguan troops are massing on the border. Given the past tensions over the Gulf of Fonseca there is no telling what may happen.

[BionicMan]

How can US be a world power broker if it minds its own business?
We in US live well because of our controlling world economy. A superpower has a say in affairs of other countries. While many think it is lopsided argument there should be a superpower to keep the whole world in order. Otherwise individual countries will do whatever they want and hurt their citizens.There are too many unscrupulous politicians in many countries .
Look at this honduran president. He wants to be president for life. He has no respect for the supreme court which decided agaist term extension fairly or not. Any other president would have respected the courts decision. No, he wants his way or no way. Nobody needs a dictator. We have enough stupid dictators in this world who make it miserable for their citizens.

I still honestly prefer that MY country is not controlled by ANOTHER country, as bad as our premier can be (he will not be allowed to discuss on ISG, since he seems to have some preferences for "below legal age" girls, in some cases), it is up to us to get rid of him, and not by a superpower.
I do not think the USA are exempt from "unscrupulous poiliticians". You just had one that, thanks God, has been set aside from controlling the world.